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ithigh end efficient Minister who would have spare time to de vote to those unappropriated duties, it was so at present, when every active department of the State was overwhelmed with emPlVment. His Right Hon. Friends the President of the Boars of Trade, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secrets. ries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments% all found then leer in the situation he had described. For himself, he should not speak, except to say that hedul not spare himself.— Th*.trestion to be put, was not whetherthe)business of Trea surer of 'the Navy was so oieriheliningYibat no other duty cot ki be,propkrly connected with' it; the elueetion w e e, whether the business of the President of the Board of 'frade was so ovetwhelining that no other dudes ought to he Connected with that; 'Alfirthielatter question there could be no hesitation in answering in the affirmative. If to this another goestion beaddedt whedter tth hum of the highest talent in . office es, T rea surer of the Navy might not employ his time fidly in important public duties, and to that question also a n affirmative answer may he promptly given, surely the question 'before the Howie can no Ringer imcounter any difficulty, on account of the insufficient `chutes of the office of Treasurer of the Navy. The important duty of hearing causes before the P riv y Council is one to which in the preeent state of things he for one could not pay any atten tion; and many of his Noble and Right Hun. Colleagues were in a 'limiter situation. Then it' they were not to be assisted by stifle person, the duties of whose particular office were less bur acrlsonle, great detriment might arise to carrying on the affairs of government. There were then two propositions to be con s.idered. The first was that the President of the Board of Trade was an office of so much importance, that it ought to be rendered independent of any other. From this Proposition there Appeared to be no disposition to dissent. I With re spect to, the Treasurer of the Navy—the proposition to be ' considered was, whether in an office branching out into a vs flay of departments there must not of necessity be an efficient ilea& They might elevate the secondary officer into the princi pal, but would not another then become the secondary ? It must always be indispensable in such an office that there must be a • man of consideration to be referred to, anti as the head of the office was liable to he .removed upon political occurrences, it followed that there ought to be a second officer fully acquainted with all the business of the office. He would again advert to the illestration with which he had commenced ; if the head clerk of a hanker wasnot fidly employed during the whole day, was it therefrom to be inferred that his ditties were unimportant ? The first proposition with which they had to deal was that which related to the President of the Board of Trade. Having put that important office in a fit position, it would be open to them to deal with the other proposition afterwards in whatever manner might be deemed expedient. The Hon. and [Atoned Gentleman opposite had accused Ministers of acting systemati cally with a view to increase their patronage in that House. The Vice President of the Board of was not a new officer in troduced to that House.- Upon a system of commutation, whe. there good or bad system he need not stop to inquire —the office of Paymaster of the Forces had been, as regarded a seat in that House, abanderied in favour of the Vice President of the Board of Trade. So, in like manner the Vice Treasurer for Ireland was merely, in that House, the successor of the Irish Chan cellor of the Exchequer. It could, Ito imagined, hardly be thought that two, sir at the utmost three, Officers, connected with the government of Ireland, were toomany in that House. They load only the Secretary and the Vice Treasurer, and as he had just been reminded, the Attorney -general for Ireland. With respect, to-dto Board of 'Trade the only object in view was to rescind a former engagement no longer applicable to existing circumstances, The proposition with regard lo it was, that the• office having been deemed a sinecure the salary had beentaken•away, but it having now become a mast efficient and laborious •ollice it was deemed expedient to attach to it a proper salary. With respect to the Treasurer of the Navy, lie should undertake to prove not only that it was an office which • could , not, with ,reference to the business of the Navy, be dispensed with., limit that the person holding it would bu eminently useful ire •tuisisting••the general business of Go vernment. On the question. immediately before the House, unanimity was most desirable, and however unanimous, they might be upon that question, it would not prevent them from paying hereafter the most; ample and scrupulous attention to -the secondary question relating to the office of the Treasurer of the Navy. Sir G. 111141, spoke , a few words explanatory of the duties of Vito-'Treasurer of Ireland. Mr. BERNAL, thought the amendment proposed ought to adopted by the Cotmnittee. lie, could not undereiand how ,the beamcss of the office of Treasurer of the Navy could. be in. treated in a time of pence like the present. Ile thought that When they were tmatilmouely voting an allowance of 6,0001. to the President ,of the Bond of Trade, they were bound to give seine pledge that they would take every means of effecting -other practicable reductions. Mr. C 14:14.1 rr said, that in order to avoid what .would be the disagreeable necessity of meeting the proposition with a negative, ho should move that the Chairman report progress, .And ask leave to sit again. The goverment would then have time to consider of the subject until Monday, when he hoped they would ,have reflected upon the sentiments expressed by •every Member of the House.not immediately connected with them, and be prepared with such a proposition as would not silieturb the unanimity they ell so anxiously desired. Sir l'. OM Mil NNEY thought the offices ought to be retain. and both paid., although he did not expect to enjoy either of thene--( A laugh.)—lie would say with deep sorrow, and ha was entry to say it—(it laugh)--that the Right lion. that. denmen bad not made oureo good a VIMe es he arts able to make Out for him.--(Leughter, and et les of " Questien.") 'The Committee thee divided upon Mr.CALCHAF Alliellti. flierit for reporting progress. For the Amendment Against it Al diorite, - - —49 Mr. 11(1111E Naid, that after the discussion which had taken • place, he was the more convinced of time propriety of the course which he had recinnmended to the House by the Amendment which he proposed an the previous night. Before they pro. (ceded to add to the I - airtime of the country, they were bound to inquire whether or the duties of the office of Treasurer of the Navy could not be transferred to some other office, and its salary if 3,000/. a year saved. Every gentleman who held the situation gave . a different account of the nature and labour of its duties; and the House ought to pledge themselves to inquire what . they really were. He moved a similar amendment to that of ,the preceding night, only limiting the pledge of time House to an inquiry Into the office of the Treasurer of the Navy. 'Mr. T. WILSON geld, that however reluctantly, he felt himielf bound to vote for any amendment which would get rid of time actual question. He thought the House, was placed in a crust situation by the course which the government thoughefit to adopt. Eva) , one wee WltXiOttli that the allowance to the night 11011. Cientienlaa should be voted in the most hambeitne manner. - iii the manner which would be most agreeable to his feelings. There was no difference of opinion as to the zeal and talent with which the duties of the officeof Presitlentof the Board of Trade had been discharged, and no one thought a salary of 4,0041. wave than they were justly entitled to. But lie thought the How aught to inquire into the necessity of keep. ing up the, office of Treasurer of the Navy, when they were about to give such a salary to the individual who had held it ; and if they neglected to do that now, there was little chance of it being done hereafter. The way In which the Government heti met the queetion sheaved that they were determined to impport the increase, but to oppose the reduction. For this reason he ehould feel it his duty to vote for the amendment, and all who thought with him would be prevented from coin. log to such a vote as would be satisfactory to the feelings of the Right Hon. Gentleman—which, he was sure, they were all -111014L.ATIXtOttti to do. , Mr. 11. GURNEY made a few observations which were in audible. - Mr. MAI 3 :14X thought it a matter worth inquiring into, whenher the Treasurer of the Navy should or should not have a seat in Pediment. Independent of the question of the sa lary, he thought this was a sufficient ground for sending the subject to a Conunittee. The CII ANCECLOIt of the EXCHEQUER thought it a molt extraordinary reason for supporting the amendment, to say that an inquiry should take place as to whether an individual officer should be prevented front having a seat in Parliament. He could understand a general proposition for refusing a seat So pediment to all holden of office, or an infinity whether there wore not too many placemen in the House ; but to proceed upon such an inquiry in respect to one particular office, ap. Tweeted to him the most unparliementary course that could he taken. He repeated that be could sue no connection whatever between the two questions which the amendment proposed to and he Should therefore resist it. Mr. BARING said, that the government lied taken Oven . Aar of the popularity of the Right Hon. gentleman, whose services to the country had been so long unpaid, to introduce a j ob ; for it wee as green m j a Govern ent ob us ever was br oug h t f orwa rd, When they were told of the overwhelming labuurs of the offices of Govereinent, it might be supposed that they had been born but y esterday, and knew nothing of the affairs •of the country for the last twenty yeard. Never could those: chairs be proceeding, wore quietly iii their natural channel, end le an l ees in t e rruption, than at the present moment. Ile Mitt aaieed that the 11403 L (Jon. Chancellor of the Exchequer by er e placed the Haute ostiging airiv .object a d the a:+ he had done, , in the divagrectEde situation of being obliged to vote in man. afar which might he, elsewhere, mnstrued into an ungracious !ohnoeiticiu to the grant. Any Bill founded upon the resolu. then new before the S;timinittee must be opposed in all its .stager, since it made OM popularity of a meritorious public ser vant ti me cover for a job. Mr. It. itIARTIN said, that he should not have risen but for one expression which had fallen trout the Hon. Member who spoke last. Ile had never seen a proposition before the 4' Rouse that,was less like a job than the present. From the first he had hien of opinion that die rreasurership of the Navy ougbt to be held as a separate office. Although he should be shortly before his constituents, he should not be ashamed of having given a vote in favour of this measure, for he was sure the country did not wish the services of the Right Hon. Oen. deman to go unrewarded. The Committee then divided— For the Amendment • . 3/I Against it 71 Majority . . —3B The original motion was then carried without a division. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. EAST INDIA WRITERS' BUJ,. Mr. WYNN moved the second reading of this Bill, and, in answer to a variety of questisns, stated that the object of the Bill was, to repeal that part of the 53ti of his late Majesty, which required Cadets to stand four terms at the East India College at Hayleybury. The Bill was to be of temporary operation, and to meet a pressing exigency. After some observations from Messrs. Moses, boextra anti II u 31E, Mr, DENMAN said, a more mischievous measure could not be conceived than any which tended to cast an imputation on Hayleybury College. Ile objected to the obscure manner in ; which the Bill had been hurried forward. Mr. WYNN disclaimed, as he had before done, all inten. tion of throwintr itniititation on Hayleybury College. Mr. IRAN r supported the Bill. Mr. DENMAN explained. Dr. PH 11,LIMORE said, it was extraordinary Hon. Mem bers should appear ignorant of a question which had received sa full a discussion as this. The Bill was then;reall a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Monday Kett. • • : The Bank Charter Amendment Bill was postponed to Mon. , The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at TEN O'CLIX/C. EAST INDIA lIOUSE. Yesterday, a .Speeial General Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock was held agreeably to the Re. 9uisnion ofseveral of the Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of granting 5,0004 to Me- BUCKINGHAM, as a compensation for the pecuniary losses he had sustained by the proceedings of the Bengal Government, since his departure from India. • • , The CHAIRMAN (C. MATIJORIRANGS, ,Esio. shortly stated the nature of the meeting. Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRI) said, in submitting the motion to the consideration of the Court, he was relieved from the necessity of entering fully into the question, the subject having already undergone so touch discussion on former occasions, and the facts being so . welt known by the parties before whom the measure proposed now came. Ile disclaimed, for one, an in tention of mingling the question with political feelings, and he was persuaded that it never was the intention of the Govern ment in India, that Mr. Buckingham should be pursued after he left that country with any thing like persecution. This was an application which cast no reflection upon any body, it was purely one for the purpose of remunerating a gen tleman of unblemished character, who bad found himself deprived of resources, arising out of previous circumstances, by which he found himself involved in ruin, being brought into debt, and being quite incapable of extricathl himself. The property which this gentleman possessed in Indus, was rendered of comparatively little value, as be was not permitted to dis pose of what was called the good-will of his line of business through the ineaseree acted upon in India. It was declared that so long as Mr. Buckingham held any property in the pub. !legion, which had been the means of his being sent out of that country, it should not be carried on. It was in the power of the Court of Proprietors, without casting any reflection upon a single individual, to affbrd relief to a gentleman who had suf fered most severely in his exertions in the cause of liberty. .He M r. 1). Kinnaird) then read the It esolution which he proposed, and which was in substance to the effect that the aunt of 5,000!. should he recommended by the Proprietors to the Directors, to be granted to Mr. Buckingham, being about one-eighth the property he actually lost euletequently to his departure front India, as a remuneration for those losses over which lie had no controul. Mr. HUME, in seconding the resolution, said that he did so In ithe ,full confidence that its bring a question submitted to the immunity and justice of the Proprietors, it would readily find a cheerful reception in the breasts of all to whom it was addressed. He did not recollect a single occasion in which so strong a case had been made out de serving compensation as that which was offered in behalf of Mr. Buckingham. The offence of which that gentle. man wax deemed to have been guilty. was fully expiated, he conceived, by his removal from India, even in the esti. illation of the Government by whom that measure was effected. Mr. Buckingham was perfectly correct hi at. tempting to accumulate a fortune in India, if lie thought he could do so by proper and fair means. However, it was not his (Mr. Hume's) intention to enter into that question now ; the only question which he should address himself' to, was, the claim which that Gentleman bad to compensation. The body of Proprietors consisted of wealthy and mode . pendent men, they were liheral in all their transactions, and he trusted that they would take into their serious con , sideration the claima of die individual whose • interests were now sought to be advanced. By the supOreesion of his public work, being the proprietor, and -. formerly the Editor of the (Melilla Journal, he had been involved in ruin. The sentiments of the Editor of a Provincial Journal, he (Mr. H.) would beg to state to the Meeting, in reference to the proceedings which had been taken by the Indian Government towards Mr. Buckingham. It was the opi nion of that writer, and in that opinion lie perfectly coin cided, that it was the first effort recorded in the pages of English history, in which an English newspaper was put down by force. He trusted that the question now before the Court would not be viewed as a party question—( hear, hear, hear !) but that it would be considered as r a n effort to remunerate a gentleman for his pecuniary losses; which be had sustained in consequence or his removal front the scene on which lie had given some offence; but which conse. quence was never intended to have followed, even by the Government that had caused his removal. In the belief that individuals to wealthy as those whom he was now ad. dressing would never shrink from extending their support to a party having a jest claim oft their resources, he felt fully persuaded, and he anticipated that the resolution would be adopted. It was never his practice, neither here nor elsewhere, to give his assent for voting away the public money—(a laugh) —but he really felt bound to countenance die proposition now brought forward on behalf of is gentleman who had suffered so deeply. Ali. Pus's:De:li objected to. the Resolution altogether. He then went through, ut great length, all the various charges brought forward by the Indian Government against Mr. Buckingliam,by reading from a number of papers which he held in his hand, and contended that the individual, who had occa sioned such a mode of proceeding by a Government was un worthy the pecuniary support now endeavoured to he raised in his favour. The conduct of Mr. Buckingham, when in India, he described as being influenced by a restless opposition to the views and transactions of the Government there. True it was, that such a happy system of things did not prevail In that large territory as existed m England ; neither could it—for the habits and dispositions of the people were not the saute. • There must, of necessity, be- a form of Government there partaking somewhat of it despotic character.—( Ilene !)—lt was a perfect anomaly to suppose that a free press could exist in - India to the extent that it did in England. Having admitted this, lie did not wish it fur a moment to be supposed that he was not an ad vocate for freedom of discuseion. He confessed that he loved a free press; but there was is wide distinction between free dom and licentiousness. Was it to be tolerated in Mr. Buckingham to be continually telling the people that they were ill-governed ; that the Army was improperly conducted ; that the Church was defective ; that the Bishops and Clergymen were inattentive to the wefare of their flocks—in short, that abuses existed in every department of the State ? Was such a course of proceeding on his part to be endured, and this course to he dignified by the name of the liberty of the press ? Mr. Buckingham did not err through a want ofjudgment. He had knowledge enough—caution enough ; there were legal pro asses enough, to enable him to have avoided the ill conse. quences which had befallen him ; and It was his men deter mined conduct which had brought upon him all the evils mt. !dinned of. It was it slavish preference to his own individual interests which urged him to act as he had done, until he was finally compelled to quit that country. lie would have been sa tisfied could he have risen even on the ruins of India, so long as he could have set up an empire of his own.—(ll car !)—I fever the strong gni of Government were required to check the career of man, and this no man would deny, this was a case in which it was properly exercised. The Government had to protect die public good ; th e y. h a d an importaot duty to perform, and they very proverly performed their ditty. They pointed out to Mr. 13uelcitg uttn what would result if he pursued the line of con duet with whidi he set out, and they repeatedly called his at tention to the consequences. He 1 ad the choice given him, tidier to d es i s t f rom that course, or h lie would be sent away. He selected that which led to the latter part of the alternative. Then it. was too much to say that he was an injured man. ,Veienti et volenti non fit ixjnr err, Ile ran a-inuck with all who were opposed to him—to use the language of that great man, Mr.. Burke, " no place, nor age was sacred, not even the sanctuary of the tomb was sacred" with him. As to his claim upon the Proprietors, had an been shewn ? No man ought to take a benefit of his own wrong. Some thing had been said about the distressed condition to which he was now reduced, and that in merCy he should meet with; kindness. It was remarked once by Chief Justice Hale, in an appeal to him on behalf of a criminal, that he liitd to recollect the mercy he had to show to his country. NqFAit,was not to be forgotten, that there were many to be consialed, before the claim made on behalf of Mr. Buckingham was decided. He (Mr. Poynder) always conceived, that before a party could make out a case calling for remuneration, he ought to conic into Court with clean hands ! And this had not been done by Mr. Buckingham ; and if such a claim were idiom ed, there would be numbers making a similaretppeul. They were now called upon to lower the top-sail of Justice, and set up the mizen-mast of charity. It was said by one of his advocates, that it would be only an act of justice rendered to Mr. Buckingham to grant him the sum of money in question, whilst another Gentleman urged it to be an equitable arrange ment. If an equal proportion of the ingredients were taken, he (Mr. P.) did not admire the compound, and it should not be forced down his throat. In conclusion, he declared that, iu his opinion, no case had been made out to entitle Mr. Buck ingham to the remuneration. Mr. JOHN SMITH said, that although the speech which had been ,just made were a long and an able one, it haul not changed his views on the subject. It was not the intention of his Friend, who had first addressed the Court, as far as he understood him, to vindicate the conduct of 'Mr. B. in every particular ; but all that had been insisted was, that the 'punishment had been more than commensurate with the offence. It neverwas the intention of the Government in India to plunge him into hopeless ruin. In stances might be shown in which individuals had shamefully abandoned their duty in former times, mat had been sent home to Europe to enjoy the fruits of their plunder and rapine, and not, like this gentleman, sent home in ruin. If libels had been written by Mr. Buckingham, that was no reason for sending him into abject poverty. It was well known that Judges, in im posing fines upon persona guilty of such offences, did not pass upon them a sentence so heavy, that they were to he doomed to perpetual imprisonment. If it were calmly inquired whether Mr. Buckingham's conduct was so bad as it had been repre sented by those who were opposed to him, it would be disco vered that he was entitled to some indulgence. It was tinder stood that all his property was confiscated. Was this a proper course to pursue ? It might have been, some of it, the property of his wife, or his children, or belonging to some one else not connected by family ties with him ; and surely, before such a step as that alluded to had been taken, an inquiry into whose property it really was, should have been instituted.— (Hear !)—He (Mr. Smith) felt strongly persuaded that the pro prietors of East India Stock would, upon the present occasion, display those generous sentiments and feelings which had been so long considered the oflipring of British character. sir JOHN SEWE 1, denied that the property of Mr. Bucking ham had been confiscated. He was in debt when he went to In dia, and, after about four or five years, lie realised a property of 13,0001. a year, and his object in taking in co-proprietors was to protect him against the (Government. lie was not so much a novice in the world that he would voluntarily abandon his in terest, by allowing others to partake of his profits. No fine was inflicted upon him ; the types only were not permitted to he em ployed for the purposes ofa newspapers in which Mr. Bucking ham was a proprietor. They might have been used for the pur poses of other printing. The Government of India had deter mined that so !Ong as he had a property in them they should not be used. It wits the fault of the agents of Buck inghain to keep up the expences, when they could be made available to the purpose for which the printing establishment was formed. It was said that he was in poverty. There was no proof of it. Ile wax the proprietor of' shares—not such as those which had lately been the subject of inquiry before the Lord Mayor—of good valuable property; and he now lived in apparently affluent circumstances. He went out to India, as had been said, to realise a fortune, if that were even to be ob tained at the expence of the Indian Government. It was too much to call upon the Court to furnish him with remuneration for the misconduct of his own agents, and his own pertinacity in continuing a course of conduct which lie knew was ob jectionable. Mr. 0 All MOAN said that the question was, not whether Mr. Buckingham was a delinquent, and had incurred the penalties or the law, but whether he had not, by incurring the displea sure of the Government of India, subsequently suffered to an' extent which it never was the intention of that Government to countenance, and much more than the justice of the case, sup ' posing him to have acted wrong, required. It had been urged that lie was anxious to raise - himself, even it' it had been to the ruin of Indie. But no such thing had been proved. He (Mr. G.) kneW - ant whether Mr. Buckingham were rich or poor, but he certainly felt inclined to believe the latter. flow ever, if he were in the possession of property, it was a subject Of congratulation; and, amid the wreck of his fortune, it was a pleasure, to think that he had, by means of a plank, secured a sate passage to the shore. Sir C. !Foss es could bear his testimnny that Mr. Bucking ham had suffered very heaVy losses in his fortune, and that he was by 110 means in those affluent circumstances that had been insinuated. It' he had sixpence in the world it was a matter of surprise to him (Sir C. Forbes) after what he had heard. He was in debt at the present moment. He had no shares in flouriel'ing companies, that• he was acquainted with ; and his friends l i ed A dvanced the stock which enabled him to hive a seat in that Court. it had been asserted that he had assisted: Mr. Buchingitem with loans of money. This was not the fact, for that gentleman did not owe him one farthing, neither had he ever asked for any. But that he was assisted there could be no doubt ;.: ino4od, be (Sir C. F.) knew well to whom that gentleman was indebted, And had it not been for such lind assistance, Mr. Buckingham and his family must have been turned into the streets. If the Court knew in what a humble manner this unfortunate gentleman and his family multsieted, it would be a matter of surprise. hie had been in duced to take a dwelling suitable to his condition, which he hoped to he .able to live in by his property, but this hope had vanished like a shadowy dream. He now sat down daily to the most frugal meal, without u glass of wine, or without even a glass of .malt liquor, having nothing but drink, from the crystal stream to take with his food. The appeal to the Court on b e h a lf of Mr. Buckingham would not be made in vain. The remuneration sought was only a very small proportion of the property which he had berm deprived of. There were few Ptoprietors, he (Sir Charles Forbes) believed, who did not feel disposed to grunt a compensation, and a very large proportion of those who came to the ballot would be found to sanceithe due Resolution. Mr. WE Ems was of opinion that there was not a particle of justice in - the proposition for remunerating Mr. Buckingham, and that if it were cotintenaneed it would have the erect of con demning the measitriiidf Government. Dr. Giecitittif..r, in • rimin to favour the Resolution, said that persecution of every kind'he deapised, and that he would oppose it in every shape. There was no old proverb which maid, of this he highly approved. N ow , A b l is aje l s7y l W 4 e n r d were appear on the floor of that C ourt i g f iv h e is tl sit ie devil ttal and be oppoaed, by all, be would become his bottle-holder— (latighter)--ao much did, he abominate persecution. It Was said by the poet, that— " Music has charms to soothe the savage beast;" there was also something noble in charity, for it expanded the human heart. He hoped the • family of Mr. Buckingham. would feel the effects of this noble feeling. After a few observations from Mr. Kr s* previous to the question being put he said that he should Press for. a ballot; when The CHAtitaraer said that he had not alteretd his mind on the tittbjedt, and there possibly might be opposition by t h e Board of Controulif the measure should now be counten ance d. Mr. Hi; ME lamented that such an opinion sho u ld ha ve b een now given ; but'he trusted that the Chairman, and others who thought with hint, would. not turn a. deaf ear to what had been advanced.. lie had frequently witnessed opportunities of Gentle- Men altering their minds, without being called inconsistent. but he should object The CHAIRMAN said that the. question h4d been tried in a the one fixad for the variety Of manners, and. now it was asked for a ballot. For his own objection t n h p e a l r ia t il l flt e' l l : t ing no takeli election of Directors. Air. I'l tianight it would have been niece expedient the aurae tit day ballot,us had not the Chairman expressed an opinion now as to what might - possibly be the conduct of the lidera of Controul.— (Hear Ile cell yd upon the Proprtetera to support the nes°. Jutiena,.and let the Board of Controul keep their places. If the - proposition should be ultimately rejected by them, let all the indignity—all the contempt—which such a proceeding would undoubtedly insure, fall upon their shoniders. Dr. GILCHRIST again rose, but sat down amid cries of "Spoke, spoke." Air. Asepsis., one of the Directors,. said, before th e quest i on was put he wo u ld °frau few remarks. The subject (1551 not now come hefote them for the first time, but it watt a tale more than twice told. It had been insisted that it was a case of jus tice against humanity, and that it was one of oppression.- Air. Bueltingham had only to thank himself for the situation in whicli he was placed. •. Colonel lettcfeaT En STAN HOPE warmly defended the cun duct of Mr. Buckingham. MT. 0. KINNAIRD replied. He said that no efforts what ever had been madato rouse the feelingS in favour of the victim. Mr. Buckingham's ease was too strong to require such aid. It had been .said (by Sire. Forbes) that some one had relieved Mr. Buckingham, and he (Air. Kinnaird) was alluded to as that in thviduttl- should not have named Such a circumstance but for the introduction of it by another, and now it was mentioned, he must acknowledge having afforded some slight relief ; glad should he be if any one would follow the example. If it could he shown that a reflection would be passed upon the Government by adopting the resolution, let it be proved. At present no ar- gument to that effect had been advanced: There was a prece dent for the measure—Mr. Arnott had 1,500 awarded him for losses sustained by shipwreck. The resolution, he hoped, would have a favourable result ; it was so worded that no re 'llection whatever was cast upon the Indian Government, 'A short discussion was now entered into, respecting thajime when tile resolution should. be ballotted for, seven Proprietors having answered to their names,&mandirig a balot i •and it., was ultimately fixed that on Tuesday, the 11th inst. it should be brought forward. Previous to the Court adjourning, Colonel 1.. STANHOPE said, he wished to know whether a letter, which he held in his hand, and which appeared to be a circular, calling upon him to vote for certain Directors, on Monday, the 10th inst. was a hoax or a genuine letter ? The CHAIRMAN said, that it was a letter which, if the gal lant Colonel pleased, he might put into the fire, if he did not chooSe to attend to its contents.—The Court adjourned at Four o'clock. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR. A very melancholy circumstance occurred at Ilythe, early in the morning of Wednesday. Lieut. GEORGE DYER, of the Royal Navy, on the coast blockade service, commanding the Fort Twice station, was out on duty for the prevention of smuggling ; and it seems, through inadvertence, was shot by a seaman of the Ramillies, under excited feelings produced by the report of a body of armed smugglers being at hand. The circumstances will be best explained by the pro ceedings of the Inquest held on the unfortunate event, at the Guildhall, on Wednesday, before JAMES SIIIPDEM, Esq. Mayor and Coroner for the time being, for the town and port of Ilythe, and the liberties thereof. George Lewis, a petty officer of the Ramillies, was first ex amined, and stated in substance as follows :—At about a guar ter to one I spoke to Lieut. Dyer, who was on the Stead, in answer to his enquiry respecting the hour. I was walking near him for a matter of an hour. A bout half-past two a firing was heard in the direction of Shorncliffe ; I sung out to' Lieut. Dyer, "Sir, there's firing to the eastward!" when at that precise moment James Lemon, a seaman also on duty on the beach fired. I exclaimed " You fool, what do you fire for ?" Lemon said, " I did not know who was coming—l hailed, but no answer." I replied, " Were it so, if they were smugglers, why should you fire without an act of ?" An instant after the tiring, Michael Divine (the orderly) sung out "Good God ! Mr. Dyer is shot." The deceased was about ten yards from a storehouse on the beach advancing to wards toe when 1 reported the firing. I did riot hear Lemon hail—he might, or he might not, have done so. Supposes Lemon might have been about 51) yards froM the Lieutenant towards the water's edge, the water being low down. Found the Lieutenant stretched at his full extent, and apparently dead. It is a general order in the service in which I ant em ployed, that no one shall fire without violence having been first threatened or offered. About hslf past one, a communi cation was made along the coast from the Westward, that an armed party had been seen passing to the Eastward. 'The night was dark, and an object could not be identified at fifty yards distance. Michael Divine, seaman, and orderly to Lieutenant Dyer, was walking by his side towards the foil of the beach, when the musket was fired ; turned his head to speak to his Officer, when he saw his head drop, tnd he fell forward on the beach. Deponent turned hint on his back, and perceived he was dead. Did not hear Lemon trail ; must have heard him, if he hailed in a loud voice properly. Corroborated the deposition of the , last witness. Lemon did not attempt to escape after the fatal shot. James Lugg, seaman, was also on duty ; a communication was passed along that n fighting party had passed Moncrieff, and were proceeding to the eastward. • Mr. Glasgow, Assistant Surgeon of the Itamillies. was in. formed by Lieut. ,lull, about 3 o'clock, that Lieut. Dyer had been wounded ; found that he had been taken to Sunderland Fort, and • was dead ; on examination, found four gun-shot wounds, one on the sternum, near to the right clavicle, which was fractured, entering in an oblique direction towards the left shoulder, which wound alone must have inevitably occasioned death by injuring the vital organs. Thomas Walker ' a petty officer, as well as the deceased, h a d repeatedly directed the men generally, and on one or more occasions, Lemon individually, if a party came down on the beach, the men were not to use their arms, unless violence was first used towards them, -or arms or weapons were visibly op. posed to theme In consequence of the communication from the westward, all hands on Fort Twiss 'were directed to be in readiness to turn out. Deponent saw Lieutenant Dyer, and his orderly, about one o'clock ; supposed they might be smugglers, and went up to them to ascertain who they were. The Inquest, after a patient investigatiorr,' recorded a verdict of Mandaagliter against James beMon. The deceaSed was much respected as an officer and a gentle. man ; and his unfortunate end is the theme of general sympathy and regret.—(Kcntialt Gazette, April 7.) CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Friday an Inquiiition was taken by Tilos, STIRLING, Jisq., Coroner for :Middlesex, at the sign of the Plough, in Duval's-lane, Islington, touching the death of Mary Ann Bolton, an infant between three and four months old, who died on the Sunday morning previous, under the fol. lowing circumstance, which were detailed in evidence by Maria Bolton, the mother of the child. On the Sunday previous to Good Friday, as she was dressing. her baby, she missed the pin with which she pinned its cap : she looked all over its clothes,.. and_ stbratt- the floor, but could not find it : the child cried very much, and was extremely restless at night, and would not sleep ; it continued so from Sunday until the following Friday, when in dressing it the point of a pin was discovered sticking up in one of as ears. On Saturday it wait seized with convulsions and cried very much ; she nursed it in her arms till 12 o'clock at night, when she undressed, gave it the broact, and went to bed : she suckled it again in the course of the morning; but did not know at what 'hour; the child took the breast as usual. She awoke between five and six o'clock on Sunday .morning, and found the child lying on her arm motionless; she did not imagine at the time that the child was dead ; but subsequently discovered that it was ; she awoke her husband, and he got up and called in a neighbour, but no. good could be. done As the child was quite gone. A surgeon saw the child on the following Tues day, and said that it died in convulsions. Frances Claris de posed, that she lived in Duval's•lane,. opposite to Mrs. Bolton, who told her on the Sunday night previous to Good Friday, that she had missed the pin out of the child's cap, and that the Child cried very much at night, and she could not . rest, and was very unhappy, as the child had never cried or been restless at night before. She saw the child the next and following days, it appeared better, but very .dull. On flood Friday the father of the child came to her house, and said that there was a pin in the child's ear. She , went over with. him and saw the paint of a pin sticking up in the child' s ear ; • its father went out and procured a pair of tweezers, and with them she drew the pin out. She (lid not observe any difference in the child after the pin was taken out. A bout half-past. five o'clock on Sunday morning the child's father came and told her that he was afraid the child - was dead. She went over with him, and found that it was quite dead ; the face, and one side which had lain on its mother's arm, were quite black. No doctor was sent for at the time, as every one pre sent was convinced that the child was dead. She knew the woman who had been nursing the child when the pin was missed, hut never saw the child in her care. The mothei was a careful and good mother to the child. There being no medical gen tleman in attendance to explain whether the pin in the ear had not been the exciting cause . of the convulsions in which the child died, the Jury returned a- verdict—" Died by the visitation of God." An i nques t was yesterday held at Camden-town on the body of Mr. Joseph Mottle, who resided in that neighbourhood.— l t l t\ br someeltleceedl who was employed In the Post-Office, and wh o i a time past been afflicted with a nervous despond. ency, was found on Wednesday Morning in the kitchen of his house with his throat cut. 'Verdict- 4 ' Destroyed himself in a fit of mental derangement." On Thursday evening an Inquest was held in Pembroke mews, Upper Grosvenor-place, on the body of David Gar rett. The deceased was a carman, and on Tuesday afternoon to t l l rap est ;e t a e r rn et e l l , it th o a r t th h e e e e e t ; r i a t n n e d s - s c e a s ; e a r e t a e t t t a l he was attacked by, the driver of an errand -cart, who, accord cwkietidt tgmheadtebeaearsbead rwitityl; great violence with hi whip. While 'the deceased was endeavouring to defend himself, their whips got entangled, and the errand-carter dragged the unfortunate man down from his cart. He fell on his back in the way of the wheel of hie cart, which went over him. The errand-carter gallopped off, but his name, Wm. Hubbard, was obtained, and the Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against him. FRENCH PAPERS. ( From the Eloik, &Aid Thursday, April 6.), PARIS, APR r/, 6.—We have def red announc ing the melancludyliews which It )ad rteeixed from Coftl, respecting Miiisolonghi, because we jibed to 'fait for the final result of the siege, and because we felt rail sorrow at givlPg' afflicting news just at the moment when cries of victory were heard on every side. But it is too true that Ibrahim has made himself master of a fort which commands 3lissolonglii, and that that place cannot receive any mere suppliesbYsee: This news is of the 23d of March. A steam-boat brought kto Ancona, and a courier was dispatched from that city, *Welt accounts for the celerity with which it has become known at Paris. • AUGSBURG, MARCH 29.—Prom a letter from the frontless of Poland, dated March 23, it seems certain that very satisfac tory accounts are received from all the Russian provinces re. specting the army; but the desire to humble the arrogance of the Turks, and to succour the Greeks, :is-loudly expressed by the troops. This disposition alarms the Statesmen, who fear a' general conflagration in Europe ; and the mission of the Duke of Wellington, the rem! of Count Strogonoff,, who, as well as General Langeron, has left Paris for Peteriillurgth, and the precipitate return of Count Lieven, excite a conjecture ; that it has been judged advisable to form a kind of Committee in the Capital, to consult on these important affairs. It is generally affirmed, that a plot has been .discovered at Warsaw, in consequence of which numerous arrests have taken place. It is said also, that the plan was wholly unconnected with the conspiracy Russia. The application made by the Nobility of E'thonia, to be allowed, according to their ancient . . prtvtleges, to try themselves the conspirators born in that pro• vince, has been favourably received at St. Petersburgh. No thing is said of those of the German provinces ; it seems that the old Russian blood has rejected the strangers. It was the Emperor Alexander who bought for the University of Abo, for 17,000 rubles, the library of the celebrated Jurisconlult Hunbold. (From the Constittinolincl.) PAnrs, APRIL 4.—The most sinister reports have heel spread to-day on Change, respecting the fate of the heroic Mit aolonghi. It was said, that while its immortal defenders were giving themselves up to joy and victory, the ferocious Ibrahim having recalled his troops, had returned to the town with re. newed fury ; that he had surprised it, and that a horrible mas sacre of the whole population had Crowned his triumph. This news has spread profound consternation throughout Paris, and even the allies of the barbarians have not dared publicly to ex press their joy at this butchery of Christians. Happily the evil ' is not so great as some well-known agents of the Congregation have chosen to represent it. But it seems too certain that Ibis him, enraged at his defeat, had collected all his remaining forces, and made himself master of a fort which commands the entrance of 3lissolonghi ; so that it would be ex tremely difficult to convey supplies into that unhappy town, unless the courage of the inhabitants should succeed in dis loitging Ibrahim troops from the post which they hare Oc cupied—a very difficult undertaking, considering the want of artillery. It is said that this news, so afflicting to the real friends of religion and humanity, was sent from Corfu to Ancona by Sir Frederick Adam, the English Governor of the lonian Islands ; that un extraordinary courier has brought it in six clays from Ancona to Paris; and that the French Ministers received it yesterday evening. We willing ! ? think that it has been exaggerated by the men who bear so much good will to the Pacha of Egypt, and that the heroism of the Greeks will triumph over this new misfortune. 111issolongl1 has still provisions for months. Let us hope every thing from the despair of the unhappy Greeks. If the Alliance which calls itself Holy makes prayers for the enemies of the re ligion, the God of the Christians will not abandon the moire , who shed their blood for the triumph of the Cross.—French men of all parties, whose hearts have remained pure amidst the corruption which surrounds us on every side, do not courage and misfortune assist a people struggling against its execu tioners? When it sheds all its blood for religion and liberty , hasten to afford it consolation; share your superfluity with it, since you cannot share its perils and its glory. FILENCI! Fp I.:rm.—PARIS, Amur. s.—Five per Cents• 96f. 90c.—Three per Cents. 65f. 50c.—Bank Stock, 2,020 f. Rentes de Naples, 73f. 65c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 481 f lan Loan, 763 f on London, one month, 25f. 7 0 e• three months, 25f. 45c..-ICours Anthentique.) BIBLE EETING attheMANSION HOUSE• Yesterday a most numerous and respectable Meeting of the Society for the Distribution of Bibles W 4 place at the Mansion-House, in the Egyptian Hall_lie nig ht Hon. the Loan MAYOR in the Chair. Hts bottbstirP brief) addressed the assemblage upon subject for which they had met. The Rev. 11. C. Di I.Lox, one of the Secretaries, then rend an abstract from the Report; from which it appeared, that the total receipts of the past year had been 8511. Vim. 6d., of whiff` 3►)Ul. were contributed by the.Ladies' Branch, 215/. by the Associations, and the remaining 3351. were the amount of do nations paid direceto the Auxiliary ; thus making the whole of the Society's receipts, since its formation, amounted to AN" 17,6001. The number of books issued from the Depository had n c ' t been so great as in thriller years. The Committee, howefe r ; ventured to hope that sonic good had been done since their %- Report, by the sale and distribution of 927 Bibles, and - a Testaments, making together 1,477 ; and furnishings Br sn total of 34,837 copies of th e S cr ip tures, s i nce t hi s I n stitutio n first began its opetations in the city of London. the The Report then w e nt on to enumerate the grants which Society had made during the year ;.and concluded with Par - i: fully enforcing the duty of perseverance, and a constant rem tion of the vastness of the object which the Bible Society h a d I " view, namely, to give a Bible to every man in the world. Letters had been r ece i ve d f rom th e D u k e o f Gloucester'," Earl of Liverpo o l, th e E ar l o f H arrow by, t h e E a rl of Rti o(! l e e ll t Admiral Lord G am bi er , Lo r d B ex l e y, & c . expressive otld regret, that a b sence f r o nt t o wn and o th e r c i rcums tances, w" not allow them iiiePleasure of attending the Meeting. wra t h a t The Bishop of I,4ITCIIFIELD and COVENTRY ma , — the Report should be received. His Lordship, in a neatsWer t , expressed his satisfaction at the prosperity of the Imitku t l and described the nature of the evils the extensive &rolaon of the Scriptures was calculated to remove. " ble Lord CALTHong seconded the motion in a long A nd speech. _ - - • The Report was unanimously adopted. The Rev. 11Ir. Cunningham the Rev. Dr. Morrison (th,.. e Translator of the Bible into the Chinese language), and a n„,91";,, her of other eminent Divi nes , addressed the Meeting. ..1` were followed by several persf rank in the City. Thanks were voted to the Lord 'Mayor, anti the nuill e 'lla s Meeting separated, highly gratified. after having subs 0 ' liberally in aid of the objects of the Inatitution. The following advertisement appeared setiat hls in Galignani's If fessenzer, of April 1 :,—" A young man, ay LApectable family, resitleat in French Switzerland, wh o I ! t i i finished. his education for the bar, and is acquaintcd '1 a commercial transactions, wishes a situation to travel wit'ulay family or s i ng le ge ntleman, or to reside in Paris. He I ' l . a perfect kno w l e dge of bock-keeping and accounts in generad can ride, would undertake the direction of domestic afthirs, and can produce reconunendations of his morality, fidelity, Scc• or would willingly accept a situation as valet dechambre,la maitre d'hotel.—Addre:is to the porter, No. 17, Ru e de Chausse d'Antin,